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>> we'll see if different senators were elected purpose there were a few other profiles of courage. senator mary landers up for reelection from louisiana, she voted for it. i ran into her in the hallway after the vote. and i said, "senator, how tough a vote was that?" and she said, "it was a very tough vote but it was the right thing to do." senator reid has effectively pulled the bill. he said it's time to take a pause here and a breath here and kind of see what the next steps are. but i think it's done for gun control slairkz at least with this current makeup of the senate. >> ifill: it may be too much to ask people taking tough votes to take vote on immigration, gay marriage, and gun control in one session. thank you, jeff. and congratulations on the new job. >> thanks, gwen. >> ifill: how does government, how do leaders, how do we function when everything is so uncertain? the white house released this picture of the president meeting with security advisers on the boston bombings in the situation room today. at a time like this, though, with ricin scares and shocking explosions i
>> we'll see if different senators were elected purpose there were a few other profiles of courage. senator mary landers up for reelection from louisiana, she voted for it. i ran into her in the hallway after the vote. and i said, "senator, how tough a vote was that?" and she said, "it was a very tough vote but it was the right thing to do." senator reid has effectively pulled the bill. he said it's time to take a pause here and a breath here and kind of see what the...
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that's done at the election. you know, the difference between 100% and a 54% random sample in this situation is statistically not that much. it's almost trivial. >> suarez: cindy, if that margin does hold up, as both of you suggest it's likely to do, is maduro a weakened president because of the closeness of the election? the president of the national assembly, one of his rivals, said the results oblige us to make profound self-criticism. a divided country. >> it's a very divided country. i think that as a result of the narrow margin, nicolas maduro has nowhere the mandate he had been hoping for. last october president chavez won that election with close to 11% of the popular vote. all of the polls going into these last days, you know, before the election show that maduro continued to enjoy a reduced but still a 6 or 7 percent lead. to have that down to the point that the opposition is calling for a recount because they don't trust, you know, the final count shows that the country is far more divided and there we
that's done at the election. you know, the difference between 100% and a 54% random sample in this situation is statistically not that much. it's almost trivial. >> suarez: cindy, if that margin does hold up, as both of you suggest it's likely to do, is maduro a weakened president because of the closeness of the election? the president of the national assembly, one of his rivals, said the results oblige us to make profound self-criticism. a divided country. >> it's a very divided...
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it's been a violent 24 hours in iraq as the country prepares to hold provincial elections on saturday. mortar fire and bombs targeted two groups of worshippers north of baghdad as they were leaving friday prayers. nine people died and 29 others were injured. overnight, a suicide bombing at a popular cafe in the capital killed 36 people and wounded dozens more. today, the families and friends of the deceased came to a hospital morgue to collect their loved ones' bodies. former pakistani president pervez musharraf is now in police custody after being taking refuge at his home on the outskirts of islamabad. the ex-military rur is facing son charges for firing senior judges while he was in power. musharraf was arrested a day after fleeing the high court in a black s.u.v. as angry lawyers yelled after him, calling him a traitor. musharraf insists his arrest is politically motivated. serbia and its former province of kosovo reached a tentative deal today to normalize relations. the pact-- brokered by the european union-- aimed to settle the status of kosovo's serbian minority, which does no
it's been a violent 24 hours in iraq as the country prepares to hold provincial elections on saturday. mortar fire and bombs targeted two groups of worshippers north of baghdad as they were leaving friday prayers. nine people died and 29 others were injured. overnight, a suicide bombing at a popular cafe in the capital killed 36 people and wounded dozens more. today, the families and friends of the deceased came to a hospital morgue to collect their loved ones' bodies. former pakistani...
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there so there's been spro special election in the media, the tech world and reddit itself. to their credit a lot of reddit users are saying "are we really helping?" but it's a diverse community of people. there are tons of people on the site. some people are saying hey, let's get out of this business and leave it to professionals. others are saying no, look, we may have gotten it wrong here but maybe we'll get it right next time. >> suarez: to be continued. will oremus of slate and richard falkenrath, thanks both of you for joining us. >> brown: we'll continue our coverage of developments in this breaking story throughout the evening, online, where you can watch a live stream of events as they occur from boston. and still ahead, shields and brooks with their thoughts on boston and more. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: the search for survivors from a fertilizer plant explosion persisted today in the small town of west, texas with word 60 people are still unaccounted for. search and rescue workers sifted through the mangled, burn
there so there's been spro special election in the media, the tech world and reddit itself. to their credit a lot of reddit users are saying "are we really helping?" but it's a diverse community of people. there are tons of people on the site. some people are saying hey, let's get out of this business and leave it to professionals. others are saying no, look, we may have gotten it wrong here but maybe we'll get it right next time. >> suarez: to be continued. will oremus of slate...
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he was later convicted and lost his elected position. his wife, kim williams, was charged in the murders yesterday. she confessed to taking part but insisted her husband was the gunman. experts gathered by the world health organization arrived in china today, ahead of a weeklong investigation into a new strain of bird flu there. so far, they are unsure how it is spreading to humans. the h7n9 virus was identified three weeks ago. since then, it has killed 17 people and infected 70 others, including many who never even had contact with birds. in this country, the centers for disease control and prevention e ou it was working closely with the strain.>>he virus is l on f in six provinces orci in china o there's cut we think we might see a traveler come to the from china and get sick in the united states. we're preparing for that. >> sreenivasan: the team of international experts plan to visit the most affected areas of the country -- shanghai and beijing -- as well as chinese laboratories testing the virus. the portuguese government pushed a
he was later convicted and lost his elected position. his wife, kim williams, was charged in the murders yesterday. she confessed to taking part but insisted her husband was the gunman. experts gathered by the world health organization arrived in china today, ahead of a weeklong investigation into a new strain of bird flu there. so far, they are unsure how it is spreading to humans. the h7n9 virus was identified three weeks ago. since then, it has killed 17 people and infected 70 others,...
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thereay the election was and their candidate won it. -- they say the election was candidatehat their won it. the opponents say it was flawed and they demand a recount. one of those banging her pots and defiance is marjorie. she was a supporter of hugo and still hell -- decided to abandon the socialist revolution. my brother waso, killed. it still hurts. >> for years, venezuela has been split into those who loved java's and those who loathed him. the biggest challenge will be trying to govern across the divide. will grant, bbc news, caracas. >> let's go back now to our main story, that manhunt in boston. i am joined byurec correspondent. gordon, flew t washington on monday. you are here at the end of the week. where do we stand in this investigation? >> clearly we know a lot about those people who carried out this attack now. we know a lot about not just their names, but the backgrounds, their identities, what kind of people they are. it is amazing how much information you can get from social media now and the trail the people leave with their lives. that does not necessarily the best
thereay the election was and their candidate won it. -- they say the election was candidatehat their won it. the opponents say it was flawed and they demand a recount. one of those banging her pots and defiance is marjorie. she was a supporter of hugo and still hell -- decided to abandon the socialist revolution. my brother waso, killed. it still hurts. >> for years, venezuela has been split into those who loved java's and those who loathed him. the biggest challenge will be trying to...
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in fact i'm confi didn't it will be solved one day once pakistan has a truly democratically elected government. >> rose: and then there is iran. >> yes. >> rose: the united states, as you well know, would like for to you do more with respect to getting iran not to pursue nuclear weaponry. and they believe you don't do enough because you are dependent on buying iranian oil and it's a commercial relationship that restricts you from doing the right thing. >> both are wrong on facts. india has publicly stated that it does not support iran becoming a nuclear power. >> rose: everybody says it that. russia says that. >> we buy-- . >> rose: china says that. >> and it is differently. >> we buy less oil from iran than we did some years ago. >> because you found other ours. >> because we have other sources and we have some sources of our own oil. but please remember iran and india have a relationship goes back many years. they have been contacts between india and iran, over centuries. there is no reason why we should regard iran as our enemy or as a hostile country. there's no reason for us to do so. jus
in fact i'm confi didn't it will be solved one day once pakistan has a truly democratically elected government. >> rose: and then there is iran. >> yes. >> rose: the united states, as you well know, would like for to you do more with respect to getting iran not to pursue nuclear weaponry. and they believe you don't do enough because you are dependent on buying iranian oil and it's a commercial relationship that restricts you from doing the right thing. >> both are wrong...
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day, and on election day. so i think that the resoluteness and resilience of the families has to be shown by elected leaders here. and if they show an ounce of courage that these families have shown, they will vote for these measures the next time around. and the leader, majority leader reid, has indicated there's no question that we'll have more votes. >> ifill: senator, you pulled out all the stops this time. we saw the newtown families making the rounds face to face, meeting with senators. the president came out numerous time and showed his passion, went to connecticut, met with the families, brought them here on air force one, and you were not able to persuade enough of your colleagues this time around. what will be different? >> gwen four months ago this issue was thought to be politically untouchable, and just about a week ago the goal of 60 votes to continue the debate was thought to be unreachable. there has been a seismic change in the political landscape, and it is still changing. so i think there is
day, and on election day. so i think that the resoluteness and resilience of the families has to be shown by elected leaders here. and if they show an ounce of courage that these families have shown, they will vote for these measures the next time around. and the leader, majority leader reid, has indicated there's no question that we'll have more votes. >> ifill: senator, you pulled out all the stops this time. we saw the newtown families making the rounds face to face, meeting with...
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jerry brown will be up for re-election next year. the two biggest groups that don't want it touched are labor unions which use it to shakedown projects. unless you put labor union on the projects, we will sue you. environmentalists don't want it changed at all. why would the democratic members go against the two biggest constituents? >> is this really mitigating things or what they consider a blackmail operation? >> supporters of sequia will say most projects are built anyway. most are required to put in an extra turn line and that kind of thing. it makes them bear the costs. critics say that there are really bad abuses. a famous case in san jose where one guy had a gas station across street from another guy. he wanted to put in three or for more pumps and the other guy sued him saying you does not do the study. all because he wanted to hurt the other guy's business. the question is can anybody write legislation that laws the public to participate and keeps the environmental laws strong and keeps the air getting cleaner and water cle
jerry brown will be up for re-election next year. the two biggest groups that don't want it touched are labor unions which use it to shakedown projects. unless you put labor union on the projects, we will sue you. environmentalists don't want it changed at all. why would the democratic members go against the two biggest constituents? >> is this really mitigating things or what they consider a blackmail operation? >> supporters of sequia will say most projects are built anyway. most...
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a showdown may be looming in venezuela, after a disputed presidential election. president-elect nicolas maduro warned today he will not allow an opposition march tomorrow. he blamed protesters for monday's clashes that killed at least seven people and injured dozens in caracas and other cities. the demonstrators demanded a full vote recount, something elections authorities have ruled out. maduro charged today it's all part of a coup plot, orchestrated by opposition candidate henrique capriles. >> (translated): the results were impeccable, they know it, the group that has so much hate within and that yesterday went crazy calling for violence for people in the street. i can announce here we have defeated a coupe but they are going to continue to destabilize. today i declare the coup defeated. >> sreenivasan: the official results from sunday's election showed maduro winning by 265,000 votes. opposition officials say their count shows that capriles won by more than 300,000 votes. a major earthquake struck southeastern iran today, killing dozens of people. the quake r
a showdown may be looming in venezuela, after a disputed presidential election. president-elect nicolas maduro warned today he will not allow an opposition march tomorrow. he blamed protesters for monday's clashes that killed at least seven people and injured dozens in caracas and other cities. the demonstrators demanded a full vote recount, something elections authorities have ruled out. maduro charged today it's all part of a coup plot, orchestrated by opposition candidate henrique capriles....
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in the years prior to 2007, the 2008 elections, we actually heard from many folks that we should tone it down on global warming, we should not talk about the issue, because the court of public opinion had already decided and we were on the losing end. but we believe that if we present the case to the american people and it resonates, if they get it, then that's going to work its way up the political stepladder. >> hockenberry: you've really changed the game on global warming. >> oh, i certainly hope so. >> hockenberry: these political messengers rely on a small group of outspoken scientific contrarians, like climatologist pat michaels of the libertarian cato institute. >> every paragraph can be contended. >> hockenberry: willie soon is an astrophysicist who studies the sun and stars. >> ...a mechanism to transport anything from the tropics to the arctic... >> they cannot fit northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere... >> hockenberry: and fred singer, the veteran scientist at these proceedings. he's a retired physicist once responsible for government weather satellites, who tells pe
in the years prior to 2007, the 2008 elections, we actually heard from many folks that we should tone it down on global warming, we should not talk about the issue, because the court of public opinion had already decided and we were on the losing end. but we believe that if we present the case to the american people and it resonates, if they get it, then that's going to work its way up the political stepladder. >> hockenberry: you've really changed the game on global warming. >> oh,...
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on what they did, where they came from, whether there is some election with-- link with people in chechnya that might have had some influence on them. what is the mudd appraisal of this? >> my first a operational is these two kids, i take the younger kid's word not because of what he says but because i look at the characteristics of the event and say from start to finish, where you have a kid who didn't try to hide himself in front of surveillance cameras, pretty basic devices. they didn't seem to have and after-action plan. they picked about the softest target you could find in boston. i look at this and say if they had an operational linkage back home i can't figure out what kind of capabilities that kind of operational linkage offered them. the other thing i look at is if you book end this from where you started 12 years ago, and you had 19 guys in an organization that had ideology t had fund-raisers, it had trainers, it had bin laden t had three years of planning to take down all those aircraft, and now we have two brothers who killed three people and then a fourth, boy, that almost bo
on what they did, where they came from, whether there is some election with-- link with people in chechnya that might have had some influence on them. what is the mudd appraisal of this? >> my first a operational is these two kids, i take the younger kid's word not because of what he says but because i look at the characteristics of the event and say from start to finish, where you have a kid who didn't try to hide himself in front of surveillance cameras, pretty basic devices. they...
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. >> these are your 401(k) election forms. as you can see, there are numerous options to choose from. and remember, this is your retirement, so make your selections carefully. >> smith: but most people remember their first 401(k) meeting as dumbfounding. >> any questions? >> i had no idea. i was so confused. i came out of that meeting and i was like, "oh, my god." it was overwhelming for me, the knowledge that you had to have in order to invest. >> i really was kind of clueless. i didn't know what i wanted to invest in. i really didn't know anything about it. i had learned somewhere something about, "if you're young, you should be more willing to take risk. you have time." so other than that, i really knew nothing. >> and that's one of the best aspects of this... >> they showed you the plan. you either had your choices between an aggressive investment, moderate, or conservative. you know, there was nobody there managing my money; it was all up to me. >> so traditional pensions don't necessarily let you take it all in a lump su
. >> these are your 401(k) election forms. as you can see, there are numerous options to choose from. and remember, this is your retirement, so make your selections carefully. >> smith: but most people remember their first 401(k) meeting as dumbfounding. >> any questions? >> i had no idea. i was so confused. i came out of that meeting and i was like, "oh, my god." it was overwhelming for me, the knowledge that you had to have in order to invest. >> i...
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if you look at the house, 40% of the house has been elected since 2010. there's been an incredit amount of turnover and what it has done is polarize it had congress more rather than bringing it toogt. >> ifill: oh, joy. with thank you both very much. >> woodruff: next, from india, worries about the age-old bias favoring male children. special correspondent fred de sam lazaro updates a story he did a dozen years ago about the skewed sex ratio of children born in india. it's another in our agents of change series. >> reporter: for months, this 22-year-old mother of three has been coming to this crisis counseling center in a lower middle-class neighborhood of delhi. puja is trying to keep her family together. her husband and in laws have tried to throw her out. their problem? all three children are girls. >>. >> ( translated ): the family says they need sons to carry on their name and since i have only three daughters they tried to trick me into signing divorce papers so that their son could marry again. that led to some violence when i refused and i had to
if you look at the house, 40% of the house has been elected since 2010. there's been an incredit amount of turnover and what it has done is polarize it had congress more rather than bringing it toogt. >> ifill: oh, joy. with thank you both very much. >> woodruff: next, from india, worries about the age-old bias favoring male children. special correspondent fred de sam lazaro updates a story he did a dozen years ago about the skewed sex ratio of children born in india. it's another...
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i was fortunate that the mayor of new haven who was elected the same year i became president has served the same length of time and he's just announced he's stepping down. >> rose: didn't you go to sigh him early on and have your picture taken with him? >> we did more that that. we sat down and talked about how yale could help and what could we do. he had some ideas, some of them came to fruition. we've had our bumps in the road but basically it's been a huge mutually beneficial partnership. >> look back over 20 years and tell me what you're most proud of. >> boy, there's so many. if one is what i just described. go to downtown new haven today it's a thriving terrific retail, great restaurants, it's safe, well lit, clean. it's a very please sant urban center and that's now an attractor for students instead of a detractor. i think another area where i take great pleasure is rebuilt the cam bus. the campus was in terrible physical condition and we put in the beautiful shape. yale has the greatest architecture i believe within any campus in america, and we've restored dozens and dozens of
i was fortunate that the mayor of new haven who was elected the same year i became president has served the same length of time and he's just announced he's stepping down. >> rose: didn't you go to sigh him early on and have your picture taken with him? >> we did more that that. we sat down and talked about how yale could help and what could we do. he had some ideas, some of them came to fruition. we've had our bumps in the road but basically it's been a huge mutually beneficial...